Shoe-polishing device.



No- 843,562. PATENTED FEB. 5, 1907. .G. B. DUNN.

SHOE POLISHING DEVICE. f APPLICATION FILED JAN. 18, 1906.

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GEORGE B. DUNN, OF BROCKTON,

MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGN OR TO CHARLES G. BURBANK, OF SOMERVILLE,MASSACHUSETTS.

SHOE-POLISHING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 5, 1907.

Application filed January 18. 1906- Serial N0- 296,639

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE B. DUNN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brockton, in the county of Plymouth, State of Massachusetts,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Shoe-PolishingDevices, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to a shoe-polishing device of that kind in whichmeans is provided for guiding a strip of cloth over the portions of theshoe to bepolished, and has for its object to provide means for preventing the polishing-cloth from running ofi over the toe of the shoe, ashas heretofore been the case where no such means is provided.

The invention will be fully understood from the following description,taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and the novelfeatures thereof are pointed out and clearly defined in the claims atthe close of the specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improvedshoe-polishing device, showing the shoe in the act of being polished.Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the device. Fig. 3 is a view of theleft-hand end of the device shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a view of therighthand end thereof. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the device.

Referring to the drawings, A indicates the box or pedestal upon whichthe device is mounted. For convenience I frequently mount the devicedirectly upon the sliding cover B of the box, as shown in Fig. 4. Uponthis cover is placed the shoe-support C, which is raised above thesurface of the cover of the box a convenient height and is shaped toconform somewhat to the shape of the shoe.

Surrounding the shoe-support C and substantially parallel thereto is therod or clothguide D, under which on each side the polishing-cloth isinserted and by means of which it is held in contact with the portion ofl the shoe to be polished. The rear end of the clotl1guide'i. e., theright-hand end in Fig. 2is curved inwardly to guide the polishingclothbetter about the incurved portions of the shoe. In practice it is foundconvenient to have the cloth-guide D held in place by engaging a notch Eon the shoe-support, while its rear ends are bent at right angles withthe rear surface of the box A, as shown at F, and inserted in holesbored horizontally in the cover. By this means the cloth-- guide is heldsecurely in place.

To prevent the polishing-cloth from running off over the toe of theshoe, I furnish my device with a toe-guide provided with twoupwardly-extending prongs G and H, which engage the toe-cap of the shoejust above the sole and are formed with a loop I, (see Figs. 1 and 5,)in which the edge of the polishingcloth runs and by which it is held inposition and is prevented from slipping 015? over' the end of the toe ofthe shoe when the toe of the shoe is being polished. This loop alsoserves to guide the cloth over the extreme forward portion of thetoe-cap. I

The toe-guide maybe of anysuitable shape or material; but in practice Ifind it convenient to make it of stiff wire, which may be bent into theshape shown in the figures and which, having a slight resiliency, iswell adapted to form the projections or prongs which engage the sides ofthe shoe. I also find it convenient to hinge the toe-guide to theshoe-support by having it pass through a hole bored in the saidshoe-support; By this means the toe guide is so arranged that it may befolded down into the position shown in Fig. 2, in which position thedevice occupies less space and is more convenient for packing.

What I claim is 1. -In a shoe-polishing device, the combination with ashoe-support, of a cloth-guide conforming in shape to the shape of theportion of the shoe to be polished, and atoeguide having two portionsadapted to contact with the sides of the shoe near the front end andprevent the cloth from running off over the toe.

2. In a shoe-polishing'device, the combination with a shoe-support, of acloth-guide, and a toe-guide provided with loops for the reception ofthe polishing-cloth and with In testimony whereof I aflix my signatureportions to contact with the sides of the shoe in presence of twoWitnesses.

to be polished. 4

3. In a shoe-polishing device, the combi GEORGE DUNN 5 nation With asupport for the shoe, of a cloth- Witnesses:

guide for the polishing-cloth and a toe-guide GEORGE P. DIKE,

hinged to the shoe-support. J. HENRY PARKER.

